PRUNING THE RASPBERRY. 



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The Raspberry. 



The soil required for the Raspberry should be of a 

 good light texture, having some sand in it, and mode- 



Fig. 49. 



rately deep. Annual dressings with good manure are 

 necessary to induce vigorous growth. These dressings 

 should be put on and forked in all over the surface, 

 never digging between this tree with a spade, nor with 

 the fork too close to the main plant, except merely to 

 stir the soil a few inches deep round the stool. All 

 stray suckers which run from the main plant should be 

 removed annually, and the 

 manuring and pruning should 

 be done in the autumn, say in 

 November. 



The pruning is simple, and 

 can be done by any one. If the 

 plants are strong, i.e. if each 

 stool throws up more than four 

 good canes five or six feet high, 

 cut all clown close to the ground, 

 as shown in the illustration, 

 Fig. 50. If the canes are weak 

 leave three to bear fruit, and if 

 very weak one cane will be 

 enough. Cut off the tops of all the strong ones down 

 to, say, five feet, which should be tied to a stake of 



Fig. 50. 



